http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Anyone got a chainsaw I can borrow? en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:06:54 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3702#post-38937 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:01:08 +0000 kaputnik 38937@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>bolt some wheels on it and cycle it to the recyclign centre! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3702#post-38935 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:54:20 +0000 DaveC 38935@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I have a 3/4 ft trailer you could borrow, if you don't want to mess up you're car? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3702#post-38934 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:49:21 +0000 kaputnik 38934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>They look painful. For external use only! You just smack them in with a big lump hammer. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3702#post-38933 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:46:50 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 38933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Genius! Why didn't I think of that??? Hmmm, could be something I could do with having anyway - I feel a trip to B&amp;Q coming on... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3702#post-38932 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:46:00 +0000 kaputnik 38932@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My old man has a couple of "grenades" I could lay my hands on - big special metal wedges that you hammer into the grain to split open troublesome bits of wood where complex knotting / structure makes sawing difficult. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3702#post-38926 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:33:37 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 38926@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Might be.</p> <p>It's actually to cut through a giant rootball of a New Zealand flax I dug up a wee while back.</p> <p>Way too heavy to lift into a car, and attempts with smaller saws and an axe have proved too laborious by far to get it hacked into 4 or 5 smaller bits to take to the tip. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3702#post-38923 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:31:40 +0000 Roibeard 38923@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've got a reciprocating saw I use in the garden - arguably safer than the chain saw and can easily cut through branches up to several inches thick.</p> <p>Any good to you?</p> <p>Robert </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3702#post-38913 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:17:37 +0000 DaveC 38913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>... just as I was going to suggest you're making a follow up 'youtube AV' about cutting through bike locks.....</p> <p>Sorry no I don't. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3702#post-38912 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:15:08 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 38912@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No, this isn't for a follow-up to the bolt cutter/lock video, but rather a bit of garden maintenance I need to take care of... </p>